I love List Formatting (column formatting and view formatting). I’ve contributed many samples, created an editor, and I present List Formatting Quick Tips during the Patterns and Practices (PnP) Special Interest Group call for general SharePoint Development. Now, I get to speak about it at the SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas this May!

List Formatting in O365 and SharePoint 2019

Did you know you can quickly and easily provide dynamic visualizations directly in List views? Both non developers and developers can change how fields and rows look in modern list views by creating simple JSON objects. Learn how to conditionally format fields and rows to take your lists from simple tables to meaningful views. We’ll cover the basics of list formatting, tips and tricks, and the tools and resources available to enable you to get started immediately.

That’s the quick blurb about the session, but what kinds of things will we actually cover?

We’ll start with the basics and show you the many options for applying formats. I’ll cover both the out of the box options (JSON and preformatted options) as well as show you the PnP List Formatter tool I wrote.

We’ll talk about syntax and possibilities primarily by walking through many of the amazing community samples. You’ll be inspired by what you can do and how easily you can do it. They’ll be some code, of course, and we’ll talk about how it works, but if that’s not your thing, I’ll also be showing you lots of ways you can skip the code altogether.

We’ll also talk about some of the limitations and the alternatives you might consider when your needs go beyond what List Formatting can do (hint, attend my other session on SharePoint Framework Extensions). I’ll share several clever tricks for working around these limitations.

My goal is for you to leave the session excited about what you can do without having to be a developer or deploying code (You only need Designer level permissions on your site). I’ll assume nothing about your experience level and they’ll be plenty of material for those of you just getting started. But, I’ll also be providing lots of advice and advanced scenarios so that even those that have been using List Formatting for a while are sure to get a lot as well.

If you still have questions or ideas, I’ll also be helping with the Patterns and Practices booth and will be happy to talk with you further! I seriously love this stuff and would love to talk with you.

Register!

It’s almost January, and if your company is just about to get new budgets for the new year. Make sure you’re on the list! The sooner you register, the cheaper it is. You can even use KENT to save an additional $50! WOWEE!

Employees that attend conferences are generally some of the best. Take advantage of access to so much knowledge. Don’t just attend your co-worker’s talk about what they learned – be the one giving the talk! Show off your own expertise and use this conference to grow your career.

My day job is consulting. My company would be happy to take your money, but it’s even cheaper to ensure your team is up to date on what’s available and how to do it. The more of your team you send the better.

Attend!

I attended the conference last year and it was awesome! If you are a SharePoint professional (user, admin, manager, developer, etc.) then you should attend! There are tons of sessions from both experts in the community and Microsoft themselves.

Many of the biggest announcements are made at the conference and Microsoft engineering is out in full force. It’s the perfect time to find out what’s happening in SharePoint (and related technologies like PowerApps, Flow, OneDrive, Yammer, Teams, and more) and to get answers to your questions. The speakers, Microsoft engineers, and other members of the community are highly accessible. Find them! Ask them things and suggest ideas directly. Seriously, it’s one of the most valuable parts of the conference and you’re missing out if you aren’t doing this!

Even better? Find one of the experts and buy them a drink (or hand them one of the free ones). There are lots of networking opportunities and people are often amazed at how approachable so many members of the community are!

Have Fun!

Attend as many sessions as you can and participate in the after hours events if you’re interested. But you’ll also be in Las Vegas. So go catch a show! The MGM Grand itself is host to David Copperfield. Paolo Pialorsi and I attended it last year and it was awesome!

Whether you attend my sessions or not, I hope you’ll come and say hello. In the meantime, feel free to reach out on this blog, twitter, or attend one of the PnP Calls!